Should all copies of Hitler’s writing “Mein Kampf” be destroyed?

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”–George Santayana

You might’ve heard this quote somewhere. This quote single-handedly answers this question.

I picked ‘Mein Kampf’ on a train station last year when I was on an exceptionally long rail journey. It is safe to say that I was fairly bored. I picked it up not because I wanted to know more about the Thousand Year Reich, but because I was curious to know what fueled Mr. Hitler to do what he eventually did.

I wasn’t excited; I was intrigued.

When I finished it, I had many questions in my head, most of them concerning why Neo-Nazis treated it as some sort of modern-day racist Bible. The reason why I say this is that the book did absolutely nothing to make me drop everything and follow Nazi ideology and advocate Lebensraum.

I’ll give you an example: you can get a perfectly fine donut from Krispy Kreme for a dollar. Honey-glazed with rainbow sprinkles. Fried till perfection.

On the other hand, you have an upscale bakery in Upper East Side, New York. Their donut will not be much different from the one you get at Krispy Kreme, but there’s going to be a beautiful wrapping paper on it, probably accompanied with a Laudreé label. You will be served on a gilded plate and be provided with silver cutlery. The cost? It will probably set you back 80–100 dollars.

The case is pretty much the same with Mein Kampf. On the exterior, it appears to be a Belgian-chocolate glazed donut from an upscale NY bakery, but when you dig your teeth into it, you realize that it is no better than your average donut from Krispy Kreme. Mr. Hitler was a very effective speaker. He had a way with words. This was one trait that helped him to nearly consolidate Germany into one great Nazi Third Reich. Unfortunately, the sticky-sweet honey-glazed terminology is the only thing that is good about the book.

There were too many flaws in the book. Mr. Hitler’s anti-semitic sentiment is not justified through his sentences, which is understandable because he drew inspiration from Dr. Jorg Lanz Van Liebenfels, the founder of the Temple of New Order who advocated Aryan dominance without providing any legible reasons. One of the lines that really turned me off was this:

“They are so much in the habit of lying and so morally base that men may not admit this even to themselves, but the truth remains that only cowardice and fear of the public feeling aroused by Jews induced certain people to join in the hue and cry. All the other reasons put forward were only miserable excuses of paltry culprits who were conscious of their own crime.”

This is just one of the examples of brainwashed thinking of Mr. Hitler. The whole book is a wasteland of drunk ranting and filth disguised as candy. Even then, I say that you should read this book. All copies of Mein Kampf shouldn’t be destroyed. Why?

This book serves as a reminder to the injustices against Jews and development of Nazi Germany as planned by Mr. Hitler.

The book itself does a poor job of being influential, as opposed to whatever your average Joe thinks.

Rest assured, dear reader. ‘Mein Kampf’ will not inspire another generation of white-skinned, blue-eyed, blond-haired, “Heil Hitler!” yelling blokes. In fact, it will do just the opposite, and will make people like you and me more aware of a brainwashed mindfuck we call Adolf Hitler. Those Neo-Nazis will be none the wiser.

Ace it

Suggested reading: You might wanna check out ‘Hitler’s Lies’ by Irene Harhand. Irene goes over the flaws of ‘Mein Kampf’ with a fine proverbial toothcomb. The book is an excellent answer to ‘Mein Kampf’.

(Originally answered on Quora: https://www.quora.com/Should-all-copies-of-Hitlers-writing-Mein-Kampf-be-destroyed/answer/Ark-Abhyudaya)